This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, August 3rd, 
2015.



A WILSON’S PHALAROPE and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER were seen at the Exeter 
Wastewater Treatment Facility on August 1st. A PECTORAL SANDPIPER was 
reported from coastal Rye on July 29th.



A RED KNOT was seen in Hampton Harbor on August 1st, and 2 RUDDY TURNSTONES 
were seen here on July 29th. Other shorebirds species reported from the 
coast during the past week included small numbers of WHIMBREL, PIPING 
PLOVER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER.



A pair of LEAST TERNS is nesting on the beach in Hampton Beach State Park, 
where they were seen with a chick on July 31st. 4 more LEAST TERNS were seen 
in Hampton Harbor on August 1st.



4 FORSTER’S TERNS were seen in Hampton Harbor on August 2nd.



A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen along the coast on August 1st.



An immature LITTLE BLUE HERON, 86 SNOWY EGRETS, 110 GREAT EGRETS, 23 
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, 9 GLOSSY IBIS, and 45 GREAT BLUE HERONS were 
reported from the coast on August 1st. A GLOSSY IBIS was seen in Rochester 
on July 28th.



A LEAST BITTERN, 2 SORAS and a VIRGINIA RAIL were seen at World End Pond in 
Salem on August 2nd.



3 SANDHILL CRANES were seen behind the cemetery on Plains Road in Monroe on 
July 23rd and 27th, and again on August 1st.



At least 2 pairs of MISSISSIPPI KITES have nested in Newmarket this year and 
there is currently at least 1 youngster. The KITES have been seen flying 
near Gonet Road in Newmarket, and 1 has been reported on multiple occasions 
from Piscasssic Street. The most recent report was on August 2nd.



4 RED CROSSBILLS and a WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL were reported from Lake 
Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge on July 28th, and 29th.



3 BOREAL CHICKADEES were reported from East Branch Road in the Nash Stream 
State Forest on July 31st. A BAY–BREASTED WARBLER and an OLIVE-SIDED 
FLYCATCHER were seen on nearby Columbia Brook Road on July 31st.



A SPRUCE GROUSE was seen along the Mount Washington Auto Road on July 29th.



An EVENING GROSBEAK was seen in Walpole on August 1st.



A colony of 13 pairs of PURPLE MARTINS is nesting along Cross Beach Road in 
Seabrook and 23 individuals were observed on August 1st.



98 CHIMNEY SWIFTS were seen entering a chimney to roost for the night in 
Orford on July 30th.



This message is also available by phone recording: call (603) 224-9909 and 
press 4 as directed or ask to be transferred. If you have seen any 
interesting birds recently, you can leave a message at the end of the 
recording or send your sightings to the RBA via e-mail at: 
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Alert" in the subject line and be sure to include your mailing address and 
phone number. The RBA is also available on-line at the New Hampshire Audubon 
web site, www.nhaudubon.org


Thanks very much and good birding.

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